THE Scottish women's champions took on the English Super League side at Petershill on Sunday and lost out to a late goal after going 2-1 up.

A LAST-MINUTE goal gave English Super League side Everton a 3-2 victory over Scottish women's champions Glasgow City in their latest pre-season friendly at Petershill Park on Sunday.

The City goals were scored by Denise O’Sullivan and Leanne Ross, but a double from Nikita Parris and a Simone Magill strike secured victory for the visitors.

It was a much-changed City side that ran out for this pre-season encounter with a number of changes taking place in the summer and a total of seven players out injured. New signings Megan Mason, Alyshia Walker and Abbi Grant all made their debuts.

The home side scored first in a scrappy first half when Everton failed to deal and Denise O’Sullivan struck a low drive into the bottom corner.

Everton soon responded with England youth international Nikita Parris, equalising shortly before half time. Then, minutes after the restart, the visitors took the lead through Simone McGill following a clanger by City keeper Lee Alexander.

Everton then got the winner in the 90th minute through Parris.

“The first 20 minutes I thought we really struggled to get going and were not up to the pace of the game," said City assistant Donald Jennow afterwards. "We settled after that and I felt we probably had the better of the remainder of the first half. After the break, we improved and were more up to the tempo of the game and enjoyed what was a competitive match against a good Everton side.

"The goals we conceded from our point of view were very poor. Individual errors and set pieces are never good ways to concede goals.

"Ultimately though it is pre-season and our main objective was to get minutes under our belts and fitness up for the domestic campaign and we achieved that."

Next up for Glasgow City is a friendly with Manchester City, at Petershill Park on Sunday February 23 at 2pm.

Tickets are available for that match from the Glasgow City website
or spectators can pay on the day with admission £5 for adults and £3 for children.